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Author: Viktor Somogyi-Vass <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 20 10:00:51 2026 +0100
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+date: 2026-03-16
+title: Apache Kafka 4.0.2 Release Announcement
+linkTitle: AK 4.0.2
+author: Viktor Somogyi-Vass
+---
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+We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 4.0.2. This is a bugfix
release that includes several critical fixes. For a full list of changes, be
sure to check the [release
notes](https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/4.0.2/RELEASE_NOTES.html).
+
+See the [Upgrading to 4.0.2 from any version 0.8.x through
4.0.x](https://kafka.apache.org/40/documentation.html#upgrade_4_0_2) section in
the documentation for the list of notable changes and detailed upgrade steps.
+
+## Summary
+
+This was a community effort, so thank you to everyone who contributed to this
release, including all our users and our 32 contributors: Alieh Saeedi, Andrew
Schofield, Apoorv Mittal, Arpit Goyal, Bill Bejeck, Chia-Ping Tsai, Christo
Lolov, David Arthur, David Jacot, Dongnuo Lyu, Donny Nadolny, Eric Chang, Erik
Anderson, Fatih, Gaurav Narula, Genseric Ghiro, Harish Vishwanath, Ilyas
Toumlilt, Izzy Harker, Janindu Pathirana, Jian, jimmy, Jun Rao, Ken Huang,
Kevin Wu, Kuan-Po Tseng, Lan Din [...]
+
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